The First International Circular Hydrometallurgy Symposium (Mechelen, Belgium, 9-11 September 2024) will give the floor to world-leading academic and industrial hydrometallurgists to provide visionary lectures on what “The Twelve Principles of Circular Hydrometallurgy” may mean for the future of hydrometallurgy, knowing that, without metals, there is no transition to a climateneutral economy!
The Symposium is organized by SOLVOMET R&I Centre in the context of Koen Binnemans‘ erc AdG CIRMET project and the recently started Horizon Europe CICERO Project. The Symposium is supported by SIM2 KU Leuven and three other key European projects dealing with (a.o.) circular hydrometallurgy of energy transition metals: Horizon Europe EXCEED & Horizon Europe LITHOS (lithium), Horizon Europe ENICON (nickel/cobalt).
SIM² KU Leuven is the KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals, one of the flagship KU Leuven Institutes. SIM² mission is to develop, organise and implement problem-driven, science-deep research and future-oriented education, contributing to the environmentally friendly production and recycling of metals, minerals and engineered materials, supporting the transition to a climate-friendly, circular-economy.
KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals